Selected Short StoriesWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore was the first non European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. More than a century later, his stories still feel startlingly alive. In Selected Short Stories, one of the world's great literary voices turns his clear, compassionate gaze on ordinary lives caught at extraordinary moments. A haunted marble palace on a lonely riverside, a talkative child and the Afghan fruit seller who loves her

and nomads from various parts of the globe set foot on American soil long before 1492

as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books

past words of encouragement and advice from the man in the yellow hat come to mind

we have known that getting outside is good for us

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But before Savana can find Jesse

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year · NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Debut Literary Work

Search high and low in the mall

even as their choices threaten to tear them apart

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Subtly suggests something sensual without being too obvious